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General Information

Xanthophyllum affine is occasionally shrub-like, but more commonly grows into a tree up to 15 metres tall with exceptional specimens to 30 metres. The bole is usually up to 45cm in diameter, exceptionally to 95cm[

Botanical References

A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet

Range

Southeast Asia - Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

Habitat

Undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 1,600 metres. On alluvial sites near rivers and streams and hillsides, sometimes on ridges as well. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant[